Footballer penalised for speeding

Tottenham and England footballer Jermain Defoe has been fined £500 and handed four penalty points for speeding in a Ferrari.

Defoe, of Cuffley, Hertfordshire, did not attend the hearing at St Albans Magistrates Court, where he was also ordered to pay court costs.

The 26-year-old was caught by a speed camera driving at 45mph in a 30mph limit in Hertfordshire last year.

The case comes only a month after the striker was disqualified from driving after being found guilty of speeding, but his sentence was immediately suspended as his lawyers appealed against the conviction.